Mulrine, Anna. <br/><br/>
Risky Business. / 
Anna Mulrine. 
 -  Los Angeles Times Syndicate,  2002. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.  Article 34.  Family,  1522-3213; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.  Originally Published: Risky Business, May 27, 2002; pp. 42-49. 
<br/><br/> "Kids from all walks of life are having sex at younger and younger ages--nearly 1 in 10 reports losing his or her virginity before the age of 13, a 15 percent increase since 1997, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention. Some 16 percent of high school sophomores have had four or more sexual partners. One in four sexually active teens will contract a sexually transmitted disease, or STD, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute. And despite a solid 20 percent decrease in the teen birthrate between 1991 and 1999, 20 percent of sexually active girls 15 to 19 get pregnant each year....So what can be done to stem this tide?" (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article examines the high rate of promiscuity among teenagers in the United States and addresses the debate surrounding abstinence-only education. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3213; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Contraceptives.<br/>Parent and teenager.<br/>Promiscuity.<br/>Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence.<br/>Sex education.<br/>Sexual abstinence.<br/>Sexually transmitted diseases.<br/>Teenage pregnancy.<br/>Teenagers--Sexual behavior.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050